jasa

See also: jäsa and jaså

French

Verb

jasa

1. third-person singular past historic of jaser

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas, “honor”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáćas (“glory; honor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒasa]
• Hyphenation: ja‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Noun

jasa

1. honor, something that represents praiseworthiness or respect.
2. (economics) service, the practice of providing such an act of being of assistance to someone as economic activity.

   Synonyms: layanan, servis

Derived terms

• berjasa
• pramujasa

Related terms

• rekayasa
• yayasan

Further reading

• “jasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈja.sa/

Noun

jasa m pers

1. (Eastern Kraków) naive or somewhat stupid person

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “jasa”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 307

Quechua

Adjective

jasa

1. easy to understand

Sundanese

Adverb

jasa (Sundanese script ᮏᮞ)

1. (dialectal, Banten) very; utterly

   Synonyms: amat, pisan

   ngeunah jasa ― very tasty

Further reading

• "DJASA", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij